Project Examples

Here are some examples of the students' projects in 5th grade Social Studies. Projects are due Friday, March 4. The students have begun their research, now is the time to start work on the projects.

Research sites for 5th Grade

Here are some sites the students may find useful in their research projects. Please wait until Tuesday before actually beginning the creation of the project. I will be handing out the rubric and grading requirements and expectations then.

Western Expansion:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/icuhtml/fawsp/fawsp.html
http://www.historicoregoncity.org/HOC/index.php/end-of-the-oregon-trail-history/70-oregon-trail-history

Lewis and Clark:
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/

Washington, Jefferson, Adams:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents
http://www.mountvernon.org/learn/meet_george/index.cfm/
http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson
http://www.nps.gov/adam/historyculture/places.htm

Old Ironsides:
http://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/

Alamo:
http://www.thealamo.org/main/index.php

Panning for gold:
http://museumca.org/goldrush/

Happy Valentine's Day!

Thanks to all my students who remembered me this Valentine's Day. I appreciate your thoughts.

Halfway through February already, and the weather is warming up nicely. Please remember to continue to bring your winter gear to school. As long as there is snow on the playground, boots will be required to participate at recess.

Remember, Monday the 21, is a no school day because of teacher in-service.

Band Update

We will have band on Friday, so please remember instruments!

What a Game!

I'm sure the talk of the week will be the Super Bowl game from the weekend. I was able to see the last half of the fourth quarter so I can keep up with the students. The poll response from last week was in favorite of the Steelers, 3-2, but the Packers were able to squeeze out a win.

I do have an announcement. This week, the students will have band on Monday and Wednesday. Mr. Plummer will not be available Friday because of a jazz competition.

Good Job!

I am very proud of my class for trying hard on the ITBS! We had a successful week and will get the reports back for the tests in about six weeks. Overall, we had great attendance and only have a few make ups. Remember Friday is the Rockin' Lockin. What a great way to start getting to know our new classmates from the north!

http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/ages.html
    (lists and gives bios of officers at Valley Forge)

http://www.earlyamerica.com/lives/
    (bios of Franklin, Washington, Boone, Jefferson, Revere)

http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/people.aspx
    (a list of important people of the revolution)

http://www.nps.gov/revwar/about_the_revolution/revolutionary_people.html
    (a list of important people of the revolution)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Native_Americans_in_the_American_Revolution
    (wikipedia list of Native Americans during the revolution)

http://ehistory.osu.edu/uscw/features/people/list.cfm?letter=B&Era_ID=1
    (people of the civil war, search alphabetically)

http://www.civilwarhome.com/biograph.htm 
    (civil war biography list)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_associated_with_the_American_Civil_War
    (wikipedia list of civil war leaders)